It was reported in https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2123 that git difftool --no-index fails to work outside worktrees, even if it should work. I fear this is a regression I introduced over two years ago (!) when I converted the Perl script to C. At least now that I know about the bug, I can fix it. Johannes Schindelin (2): difftool: remove obsolete (and misleading) comment difftool: allow running outside Git worktrees with --no-index builtin/difftool.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- git.c | 2 +- t/t7800-difftool.sh | 10 ++++++++++ 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) base-commit: e902e9bcae2010bc42648c80ab6adc6c5a16a4a5 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-163%2Fdscho%2Fdifftool-no-index-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-163/dscho/difftool-no-index-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/163 -- gitgitgadget
